- In
chemistry and
materials science,
ultrahydrophobic (or superhydrophobic)
surfaces are
highly hydrophobic, i.e.,
extremely difficult to wet. The contact...
-
lotus effect refers to self-cleaning
properties that are a
result of
ultrahydrophobicity as
exhibited by the
leaves of Nelumbo, the
lotus flower. Dirt particles...
- water-repellent (i.e. they
exhibit ultrahydrophobicity) and have
given the name to what is
called the
lotus effect.
Ultrahydrophobicity involves two criteria: a...
-
bubble has a
larger contact angle on a
solid surface displaying ultrahydrophobicity than on a
hydrophilic surface – see Wetting. On a
liquid surface...
-
contamination with it. This self-cleaning
property is
variously called "
ultrahydrophobicity" or "ultralyophobicity" in
technical journals. More po****rly it...
-
water repellent Superhydrophobic coating – Water-repellant
coating Ultrahydrophobicity, also
known as superhydrophobicity –
Material property of extreme...
-
surface layer that
repels water. It is made from
superhydrophobic (
ultrahydrophobicity) materials.
Droplets hitting this kind of
coating can
fully rebound...
- or
phototropism response, or a
tendency to stay out of the
light Ultrahydrophobicity the
property given to
materials that are
extremely difficult to get...
- Hydrophilic-lipophilic
balance Hydrophobicity scales Superhydrophilicity Ultrahydrophobicity Wetting Hygroscopic Liddell, H.G. & Scott, R. (1940). A Gr****-English...
- chemistry. His most
cited paper,
written jointly with
Didem Öner, is "
Ultrahydrophobic Surfaces.
Effects of
Topography Length Scales on Wettability" (Langmuir...
